Lisa Brown (lawyer)
Lisa Brown | |
|---|---|
Brown at the White House, April 2009 | |
| General Counsel of the United States Department of Education | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office October 8, 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Emma Leheny (acting) |
| 25th White House Staff Secretary | |
| In office January 20, 2009 – January 30, 2011 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Raul Yanes |
| Succeeded by | Rajesh De |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Elizabeth Merrill Brown March 6, 1960 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Kevin Cullen (m. 1998) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Princeton University (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Elizabeth Merrill "Lisa" Brown (born March 6, 1960) is an American lawyer who is the current General Counsel of the United States Department of Education. She previously served as the first White House Staff Secretary in the Obama administration, assuming that post on January 20, 2009. Earlier, during the 2008–2009 presidential transition, she served as Co-Chair of Agency Review. Prior to joining the Obama Transition Team, she served as Executive Director of the American Constitution Society, a progressive legal organization.
After President Obama's 2011 State of the Union Address, Brown joined the Office of Management and Budget to assist the ambitious effort to draft a government reorganization proposal. In March 2013, she left the White House to become chief legal counsel to Georgetown University as Vice President and General Counsel.